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Algebraic Properties of Modulo q Complete ℓ-Wide Families

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

BÁLINT FELSZEGHY ,
GÁBOR HEGEDŰS  and
LAJOS RÓNYAI
BÁLINT FELSZEGHY
Affiliation:
Institute of Mathematics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary (e-mail: fbalint@math.bme.hu)
GÁBOR HEGEDŰS
Affiliation:
Kecskemét, Hungary (e-mail: greece@math.bme.hu)
LAJOS RÓNYAI
Affiliation:
Computer and Automation Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary and Institute of Mathematics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary (e-mail: lajos@csillag.ilab.sztaki.hu)
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Abstract

Let q be a power of a prime p, and let n, d, ℓ be integers such that 1 ≤ n, 1 ≤ ℓ < q. Consider the modulo q complete ℓ-wide family:

We describe a Gröbner basis of the vanishing ideal I() of the set of characteristic vectors of over fields of characteristic p. It turns out that this set of polynomials is a Gröbner basis for all term orderings ≺, for which the order of the variables is xn ≺ xn−1 ≺ ⋅⋅⋅ ≺ x1.

We compute the Hilbert function of I(), which yields formulae for the modulo p rank of certain inclusion matrices related to .

We apply our results to problems from extremal set theory. We prove a sharp upper bound of the cardinality of a modulo q ℓ-wide family, which shatters only small sets. This is closely related to a conjecture of Frankl [13] on certain ℓ-antichains. The formula of the Hilbert function also allows us to obtain an upper bound on the size of a set system with certain restricted intersections, generalizing a bound proposed by Babai and Frankl [6].

The paper generalizes and extends the results of [15], [16] and [17].

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Combinatorics, Probability and Computing , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , May 2009 , pp. 309 - 333
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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